(District Director) An audit conducted at the start of implementation identified a total 5,167 community based workers linked to the North West Provincial Department of Health, providing mainly home based care and DOTS (directly observed therapy) for TB, and 80% of whom had no accredited training.
AB (MSc BSc Hons RD) is a Registered Dietitian and Public Health Nutritionist who has worked in the field of public health nutrition within the NHS for over 13 years, she has a specific interest in maternal nutrition and provides nutrition education and training to a range of professional and community based workers.
Moreover, it might have been related to the strong collaboration between the nurses and the community based workers that ensured a follow up of patients and their network at village and home level.
We are also grateful to the administration of Sir Syed hospital for providing space for training community based workers and Ghaffoor Memorial Welfare Trust for providing us with a field office during the study period.
We would like to acknowledge the efforts of our community based workers and clinical psychologist Ms Ghurnata Tabassum in conducting the study.
We would like to acknowledge the efforts of our community based workers, field supervisor Ms Asia and clinical psychologist Ms Ghurnata Tabassum in conducting the study.
During the third part, a list of seven functions prepared prior to the sessions by the investigators through consultation with health workers, community based workers and NHCs was introduced.
Research based on the organization SEARCH's model using village health workers [ 14] has shown the potential impact of community based workers more widely, and prompted development of IMNCI and the National Rural Health Mission.
Community based workers such as health visitors were of particular interest to organisational stakeholders, the additional degree of independence that such workers experienced made their case both theoretically and managerially interesting.
Trained TBAs have been part of the earlier Govt. program and were provided training and delivery kits to conduct safe delivery while untrained TBAs are community based workers undertaking deliveries as part of the community service.
We are also grateful to the administration of Sir Syed Hospital, Karachi for providing space for training community based workers and Ghaffoor Memorial Welfare Trust for providing field office during the whole study period.
